My Account
Young entrepreneur Shannon Packer, aged 26
I’ve wanted to be a hairdresser for as long as I can remember. I started an apprenticeship when I was 17 and was given great training and confidence by my first boss Jeanie.
It was my passion for hairdressing that really motivated me to start my own business a year ago plus I was keen to set up a salon with my own ideas and run it myself.
In the longer term, I’d like to grow the business so that we could move to bigger premises with more staff, but it would be important not to lose the salon’s “family friendly” atmosphere.
One of the biggest challenges has been learning some of the tax and GST issues that go behind running your own business.
I believe any young person with a passion for something should go for it. Working for yourself is very rewarding in many ways.
